Reported £6.5m Leeds target Baghdad Bounedjah discusses January move

Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds United reportedly want to bring Al-Sadd striker Bounedjah to the Championship – he could take Elland Road by storm.

Start as you mean to go on Baghdad Bounedjah.

After finding the net a remarkable 42 times in all competitions last season for Qatari outfit Al Sadd, with a staggering 39 coming in 22 league matches, an Algerian international who makes goalscoring look as simple as taking a breath has started the new campaign in typically electrifying fashion.

A four-goal haul in Al Sadd’s 7-1 thrashing of Al Shahania last time out means a side coached by Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez are flying high with Bounedjah, who has nine in just six games already, as lethal as ever.

No wonder a Leeds United side who continue to be held back by their own maddening profligacy are keen to bring one of the most clinical goalscorers in the world game to Elland Road in January.